The Berg Rand or BRAND - which means 'Fire' Money in Afrikaans, had an amazing launch today! The FlowAfrica team lead by John Ziniades...
Francis the Millionaire
Since several generations the family of Francis has been living in the same neighborhood of Nairobi, Gatina (Part of Kwangware). Gatina,...
- By Will Ruddick
Progress in South Africa
One of our partner programs in South Africa was recently featured on the news. "An exciting new era may be dawning for the Kokstad...
- By Will Ruddick
News from Brazil
Every now and then we get news of great things happening in Brazil. Here is a wonderful blog that details some things happening there....
New Business in Kawangware
Since its implementation, 8 months ago, Gatina-Pesa in Nairobi's Kawangware slum has had various benefits to its members. Some of them...
- By Will Ruddick
Ng'ombeni-Pesa Artwork
The Ng'ombeni-Pesa Community Based Organization has been formed. They are a neighboring slum to Bangladesh in Mombasa County and live in...
- By Will Ruddick
Kangemi-Pesa Launched
Overcoming many obstacles in a shaken Kenya, we had an amazing launch today of the third community currency in Kenya! Kangemi-Pesa is...
- By Will Ruddick
Kangemi-Pesa Launch Prep and More Currency News
Kangemi-Pesa is launching on April 4th 2015! After six months of preparation the Kangemi Businessness Network has reached over 100...
- By Will Ruddick
Looking Towards 2015
2014 has been an intense year developing the structures to allow community currency programs to one day become accessible across Africa....
- By Will Ruddick
Gatina & Bangla Pesa Nov Updates
After more than a year of trading Bangla-Pesa, with millions of shillings worth of bills changing hands, the program is running strong....